Gu Yuli's wicked hand swiftly and decisively pushed Han Shulan and Han Ruyi, whom she was holding, into the flood.
She moved so fast that Han Mingxiang, who was almost in front of Han Shulan, didn't have time to grab her. Without hesitation, he jumped into the floodwaters after her.
Han Shunde saw Gu Yuli's actions clearly and was about to teach her a lesson when a figure rushed in front of Gu Yuli.
She grabbed her hair and slapped her several times. "You vicious girl! You dared to push your cousin into the flood, and you dared to push my daughter into the flood too! I'll beat you to death, you wicked troublemaker! You always steal my Ruyi's food, how come you don't choke to death?" The person who came was none other than Ruyi's mother, Huang Shanhua.
The village chief didn't stop her; he just watched as Gu Yuli pushed her granddaughter and great-granddaughter into the flood!
Aunt Huaihua didn't see this scene, but she knew that her granddaughter Shulan and Ruyi had been pushed into the flood by Gu Yuli.
He slapped Han Yanyan, who was standing next to him.
"Look at the good daughter you've raised! If anything happens to your niece or my great-granddaughter, see how I deal with you!"
After saying that, he rushed to the edge of the flood to check the situation.
Fortunately, the floodwaters rose sharply, and Han Shulan and Han Ruyi fell right on the edge of the ridge they were walking on, so they were not swept away by the flood.
When Han Shulan and Han Ruyi fell, she did not panic. Instead, she quickly grabbed a tree branch and pulled Han Ruyi tightly into her arms.
She used her back to shield Han Ruyi from the rushing floodwaters.
Han Mingxiang jumped in and saw the calm Han Shulan protecting people younger than her without regard for her own safety, which attracted him the most.
He swam quickly over and embraced them.
"Shulan, I'm here. Don't be afraid. Let's take Ruyi upstairs first. Be quick!"
Han Shulan felt the protection of the person behind her and knew that it was Han Mingxiang who jumped into the flood to save her. She felt much more at ease and trusted him completely.
"Okay. Let's take Ruyi upstairs first. Thank you, Mingxiang!"
"Shulan, hold on tight to the branch, I'll hand the Ruyi up."
The two worked together seamlessly and delivered Han Ruyi to her father on the mountain ridge.
As soon as Ruyi came up, her mother took her and hugged her tightly, constantly comforting her.
"Ruyi, be good, don't be scared, Mommy is here. Spit out the water, spit out the water in your mouth, Ruyi."
Xiao Ruyi pointed to Han Shulan and Han Mingxiang struggling in the flood.
"Mother, save Auntie, Auntie, come back. Save Brother, Brother Mingxiang."
Everyone witnessed Han Mingxiang jumping in without hesitation to save people.
I have to say, Mingxiang is truly a good child. He's excelled in his studies and has already passed the preliminary examination. If his father hadn't passed away, he would definitely have passed the county-level examination and become a scholar!
Now they are even braver, more generous, and more sentimental. If it were them, even for the sake of someone they like, they wouldn't dare to jump into the flood.
At this moment, the rain intensified, and Xue Bao shouted, "Don't block the way here, hurry up to the top of the mountain, it's safe there."
The crowd slowly passed by, and everyone knew what had happened.
Everyone shook their heads. This Han Yanyan, her own life was a complete mess. She hadn't raised either of her daughters well.
He then instructed his family to stay far away from Gu Yuli and her two daughters.
The village chief first led his family up the mountain, settled them in, and then prepared to go down the mountain to see if his granddaughter and Han Mingxiang had come up.
Upon learning of this, Li Lanzhen immediately took her second son, Han Mingjiang, down to investigate.
Before leaving, tell Han Minghai to take good care of his family.
After the villagers came up, they followed Li Lanzhen's example and built a shed in the rain.
When Li Lanzhen arrived at the scene, she saw two people drifting in the floodwaters, clinging to tree branches that were about to fall.
At this moment, the floodwaters surged down even more violently.
The water level rose again, and it had reached Han Mingxiang's chest.
Xue Bao and the other young men tried to pull them up with ropes, but unfortunately, the ropes were swept away by the flood as soon as they were lowered, and they failed several times.
When Li Lanzhen saw this, she knew that her youngest son was going to be in trouble today.
He quickly took out a small bag of apples, two sealed plastic bags of black bread, and ten taels of silver from his spatial storage. He also took out two sets of clothes (one for a man and one for a woman), a small folding fruit knife, and stuffed all these items into a large waterproof backpack.
He knelt down and said to Han Mingxiang, "Xiang'er, don't be afraid. Take this and take good care of Shulan. From today onwards, Han Shulan is my daughter-in-law."
"Wait a moment, you two hug the tree and float downstream. Remember, we're going to Youzhou. The mark is a smiley face."
Li Lanzhen said these words with tears in her eyes. Following his mother's instructions, Han Mingjiang came over carrying a withered tree.
"Little brother, here's a tree for you. Be careful with your money. We'll wait for you to come back."
After saying that, she burst into tears.
Aunt Huaihua's eyes were swollen from crying, and she kept calling out Han Shulan's name. Liu Daidi was lying on the side, reaching out her hand and crying out her daughter's name. When she heard what Li Lanzhen said, she knew that she was doing it for her daughter's reputation.
Han Mingxiang's name was added when the shouting began.
"Mingxiang, I'm entrusting Shulan to you. I'll marry Shulan to you when you come back."
Li Lanzhen also said, "Don't worry, you two. I'll go up and propose marriage right away, and we'll go through the proper betrothal rites and formalities."
When you're out and about, just refer to each other as husband and wife; it'll be more convenient.
My son, you must take good care of yourself. Your mother is waiting for you to come back!
With a snap, the tree branch that Han Mingxiang and his companion were holding broke, causing gasps from the crowd.
Han Mingxiang turned around, grabbed Han Shulan, and hugged the withered tree that Han Mingjiang had thrown down.
With reluctance and worry in his eyes, he looked back at his loved ones.
He turned around, his eyes resolute, grabbed Han Shulan, hugged Mu Tou tightly, and disappeared in a few breaths.
Li Lanzhen slumped in the rain, watching the direction Han Mingxiang had gone, and burst into tears.
The sadness at this moment included worry for Han Mingxiang, the helplessness and insecurity of being forced to flee famine after inexplicably transmigrating, and the powerlessness that had been suppressed for so long. All these emotions were released at this moment.
Han Shunde and his wife Liu Daidi sat there and wept bitterly, until Liu Daidi collapsed from exhaustion.
Li Lanzhen was carried on Han Mingjiang's back back to her home on the mountaintop.
Xue Nizi and Tonghua quickly placed Li Lanzhen on a straw mat covered with a mattress.
Li Lanzhen felt too tired and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, there was a commotion outside.
"Who told you not to take us with you when you ran away! Now that we have nowhere to go, you should give us a place to take shelter from the rain in your shed."
"That's right, you should clear out the shed so I can go in."
Li Lanzhen had a good cry and felt weak all over. Now she was in a bad mood when she woke up. She stood up, picked up a big stick, and came out. She stood at the entrance of the shed and surveyed the noisy people.
She raised her big stick, pointed it at them, and said, "Come on, tell me, what is 'should'? I really don't know what 'should' means!"
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